WEBVTT 00:00:00.067 --> 00:00:04.675 - Monitor TV, monitor TV. Monitor TV, monitor TV. 00:00:04.675 --> 00:00:08.079 Neither. Get both. Samsung Smart Monitor M8. 00:00:08.079 --> 00:00:11.970 And from here, I'm gonna call it the mate, 'cause you can't not, at that point. 00:00:11.970 --> 00:00:16.010 This is a smart monitor. And I know you've probably used a lot of smart TVs over the years, 00:00:16.010 --> 00:00:19.882 but you probably haven't used a lot of smart monitors. There's actually not that many. 00:00:19.882 --> 00:00:23.414 The M7 is the predecessor to this guy. 00:00:23.414 --> 00:00:29.122 I'm actually not too sure on what's new about this one, but we've got a 32 inch screen, it's 4K. 00:00:29.122 --> 00:00:33.388 I think it's a 60 Hertz refresh rate panel. They're using Samsung TIZEN in or TIZEN, 00:00:33.388 --> 00:00:36.501 it's their own operating system, it's not Android TV. 00:00:36.501 --> 00:00:40.913 Terrible. I miss just a little bit of tape. Ooh, it's like Christmas. 00:00:40.913 --> 00:00:44.751 Well, like I said, there's an operating system, so you can actually have this on its own, 00:00:44.751 --> 00:00:49.371 and then use a few very simple programs. Like I think it comes with Office 365, 00:00:49.371 --> 00:00:54.167 so you can like open emails and write Word documents, and all that stuff, open Excel, whatever. 00:00:54.167 --> 00:00:59.347 And it should be able to handle that. So, there is some processing power going on, and so I'm not too surprised 00:00:59.347 --> 00:01:04.274 that there's a beefy external power brick. Ooh. Yeah, it looks like herring bone. 00:01:04.274 --> 00:01:08.292 Herring bones when you've got those like two pieces of wood, and they go like this, and then this, and then this. 00:01:08.292 --> 00:01:13.301 You've probably seen it in floors or like a wall, or something. So, this goes in like that, 00:01:13.301 --> 00:01:18.632 but this bottom part here should go on like this. So, then, one minor complaint that I have already 00:01:18.632 --> 00:01:22.927 is this doesn't use the handy dandy tool list screw 00:01:22.927 --> 00:01:27.426 that a lot of monitors on the base have. I haven't had to use a screwdriver for a monitor review 00:01:27.426 --> 00:01:31.033 in like, or unboxing in forever, so let me get something. 00:01:31.033 --> 00:01:36.334 It's a nice screwdriver, but not as nice as the LTT screwdriver. It's not out yet, and it's taken its sweet time. 00:01:36.334 --> 00:01:39.581 But I tell you when it comes out, it's gonna be great. It's sign up and get notified, 00:01:39.581 --> 00:01:45.654 same with a backpack. (laughs) It's actually pretty light. 00:01:45.654 --> 00:01:49.700 Okay. That was fine. Are you ready for the unveiling? 00:01:49.700 --> 00:01:52.033 ♪ Ta-da, da ♪ 00:01:52.991 --> 00:01:58.157 Look at that? I haven't even seen any of it, does it look nice? Yeah, it looks pretty nice. Yeah, actually kind of, they're pretty thin, ay? 00:01:58.157 --> 00:02:01.804 If you are into Apple products- - [Andy] Ha. 00:02:01.804 --> 00:02:05.114 - You'll probably like this. - [Andy] Ha, this is better than the Apple one. 00:02:05.114 --> 00:02:11.375 - You think this is better? - Yeah. - I guess the chin's smaller, ay? Who would've thought that such a minor feature 00:02:11.375 --> 00:02:15.037 that's been around for ages, would all of a sudden, be worth like what, $400? 00:02:15.037 --> 00:02:18.592 Is that what you have to pay to get the height adjustable stand, 400 bucks? 00:02:18.592 --> 00:02:21.602 (Andy laughing) Come on, gimme a break. This thing is super thin. 00:02:21.602 --> 00:02:24.812 It's 11.49 millimeters at the thinnest point. 00:02:24.812 --> 00:02:28.342 Honestly, here check it up from the side. It's all in the stand, like where it connects to the stand, 00:02:28.342 --> 00:02:31.761 where it gets a little thicker. What's this? - Dude, look at that? 00:02:31.761 --> 00:02:34.503 Is that a power connection? - I have no idea. 00:02:35.569 --> 00:02:40.854 It's like hard and flat. Oh, it's the webcam. Okay, so that's what the magnets' for, 00:02:40.854 --> 00:02:45.803 so you connect it from here and then it goes somewhere. I'm not sure where, it just magnets right to the back here. 00:02:45.803 --> 00:02:49.163 I actually really like this. This is the slim fit webcam 00:02:49.163 --> 00:02:52.632 and it's 1080p for video conferencing and stuff. 00:02:52.632 --> 00:02:56.246 1080p is perfectly fine, like no one's gonna complain. This is super neat. 00:02:56.246 --> 00:03:02.871 I found the connector that goes with this, so it's a little like USB-C to whatever this connection is, 00:03:02.871 --> 00:03:07.491 I actually don't really... It's like a mag safe connection or something. You can actually adjust it a little bit too. 00:03:07.491 --> 00:03:11.394 Not a ton, but it can like move around and stuff, and you can even, or slide it down a tiny bit. 00:03:11.394 --> 00:03:15.852 It also has face tracking. So, if you're one of those kinda people who wiggles around in your seat a lot, 00:03:15.852 --> 00:03:19.040 or you get up and you're doing like a more active presentation 00:03:19.040 --> 00:03:23.904 and you're moving around and stuff, it'll track you a little bit as you go. So, I unboxed all the power cables and stuff. 00:03:23.904 --> 00:03:27.765 And obviously, this isn't gonna work for us, so Jono went to get a new cable. 00:03:27.765 --> 00:03:30.932 But I noticed the remote that comes with the box, it's a smart monitor, 00:03:30.932 --> 00:03:35.743 so you're not gonna usually have something hooked up to it. But you get a remote for it so that you can, 00:03:35.743 --> 00:03:41.721 you know, put it on your counter and chill and use a remote to do stuff. It's got like Netflix button, Samsung TV Plus, 00:03:41.721 --> 00:03:46.168 Prime Video, and Disney Plus. Other than that, it's pretty basic. You got a home button, you got a back button, 00:03:46.168 --> 00:03:50.095 you got a play button. If you buy this in north America, it's gonna come with the right cables, don't worry. 00:03:50.095 --> 00:03:53.723 It's just, we tend to get a lot of products shipped directly from China or Korea, wherever. 00:03:53.723 --> 00:03:57.254 The other cables are pretty nice. They're these off white gray kind of. 00:03:57.254 --> 00:04:01.666 I don't know if the other colored one come with colored cables. 00:04:01.666 --> 00:04:05.285 I really hope they do. This gray kinda works with everything admittedly. 00:04:05.285 --> 00:04:09.753 But, oh my God, if I bought a blue monitor and then it came with the blue cables, oh! 00:04:09.753 --> 00:04:12.400 We've got a little bit of IO here. Micro HDMI 00:04:13.281 --> 00:04:16.707 - [Andy] Micro? - Yeah, Micro. - Why? - Actually, yeah, it is micro. 00:04:16.707 --> 00:04:21.523 I don't know why they couldn't fit it, there's plenty of space here. Two USB-C, I think one also gives you 00:04:21.523 --> 00:04:26.316 45 Watts of power delivery. That's another minor complaint. I really wish it was 60. 00:04:26.316 --> 00:04:31.237 45 will do most like notebooks and stuff. A heftier laptop is gonna want 60, 00:04:31.237 --> 00:04:35.446 even 90 would be really nice. I really wish they'd been able to fit USB-a port. 00:04:35.446 --> 00:04:38.452 They were probably just a little dead set on getting this thing to be super duper slim. 00:04:38.452 --> 00:04:43.879 This thing does have speakers. Like it does work like a smart TV. Like you can go to Netflix and watch TV on it, 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:49.663 and it has its own built-in speakers, so you don't have to worry about having an external stereo setup or anything like that. 00:04:49.663 --> 00:04:52.672 On top of the IO, it's well, I guess underneath the IO, 00:04:52.672 --> 00:04:57.110 it's got this handy dandy navigation nipple that we've been liking on pretty much every monitor. 00:04:57.110 --> 00:05:01.509 Honestly, if they use the buttons, at least a point off. Like you gotta use this navigation nipple. 00:05:01.509 --> 00:05:05.899 It's just handy, it goes in any direction, easy to press, easy to navigate, love it. 00:05:05.899 --> 00:05:09.968 There's this little bar down here, and I think it's for the remote. I think it's like an IR thing, 00:05:09.968 --> 00:05:14.726 but I'm not a 100% sure. - You need to stop this. - Whoa. You need to stop, it's time for tech. 00:05:14.726 --> 00:05:19.788 Screw ShortCircuit. - Whoa, whoa, whoa. It's TechLinked time. (panel booing) 00:05:22.713 --> 00:05:25.845 - [Riley] I work so hard here. - And screw TechLinked. 00:05:25.845 --> 00:05:30.663 - Plus, subscribe. Describe - Yeah, Subscribe though. There's lots of news, you'll never miss anything. 00:05:30.663 --> 00:05:35.228 I mentioned that it's got a micro HDMI port, and we're like, "Who the hell has a micro HDMI cable?" 00:05:35.228 --> 00:05:40.035 Well, they do include one, which is nice. So, it's got HDMI regular on one side, 00:05:40.035 --> 00:05:43.433 and then micro on the other. So, don't, you're totally set. 00:05:43.433 --> 00:05:46.897 They're not gonna make you go and buy a $20 cable as soon as you've paid. 00:05:46.897 --> 00:05:50.236 How much does this thing cost? I mentioned that it's 4K and I mentioned the camera, 00:05:50.236 --> 00:05:52.245 but I haven't mentioned the price. It's $729. 00:05:53.801 --> 00:05:58.258 That's not bad for a 32 inch 4K display, it's only 60 Hertz, but you know? 00:05:58.258 --> 00:06:03.832 - This is really beautiful. They have great design. - Height adjustment, not $400. 00:06:03.832 --> 00:06:08.711 'Cause it's 32 inches- - 32-inch, 4K panel 4K is what? 180 PPI or a 100- - It's like 130. 00:06:08.711 --> 00:06:12.129 - 130 PPI. - And MacOS looks horrible 00:06:12.129 --> 00:06:16.223 at a reasonable desktop scaling with- - I wouldn't say it looks horrible. 00:06:16.223 --> 00:06:19.612 - I remember when Apple did stuff like this. (Jono laughing) 00:06:19.612 --> 00:06:23.582 - Yeah, I thought it looked like an Apple charger. It looks like a Mag safe charger, right? 00:06:23.582 --> 00:06:26.992 - It's so easy to put on. If you're security minded, like it has a cap, 00:06:26.992 --> 00:06:30.841 like whatever, you just pop it off. Oh, you got a web call? 00:06:30.841 --> 00:06:36.819 - Boom! - Subscribe. Yeah, subscribe to Mac Address. - Hey, Jonathan, if this thing has high adjustment, 00:06:36.819 --> 00:06:40.481 then the panel is only $300. (Jonathan laughing) 00:06:40.481 --> 00:06:44.113 - Oh they're like smart TV, but monitor- - Yeah, smart monitor. You did them seven last year. 00:06:44.113 --> 00:06:48.032 - Someone finally did a magnetic webcam. - Yeah. - When did I first ask for that? 00:06:48.032 --> 00:06:51.299 In like a laptop review of some sort? - [Jono] think so. 00:06:51.299 --> 00:06:54.689 - It makes so much sense. - I know. Its even got a little privacy cover. - Look at that? - Yeah. 00:06:54.689 --> 00:06:58.056 I'm doing everything the hard way today. Yeah, backwards, does that turn on? 00:06:58.056 --> 00:07:04.068 (exclaims) Samsung. "Hi," "Ola," "Pozdravl," "Perdhendetjel," "Salut." 00:07:04.068 --> 00:07:07.536 Sure. Let's try the smartphone. How do I do this? "Check your notification with a QR." 00:07:07.536 --> 00:07:10.990 Okay. So, location, my home. Room, living room. Sure. 00:07:10.990 --> 00:07:14.742 Next. "If the screen is off, turn it on using the remote." Well, it's on. 00:07:14.742 --> 00:07:17.893 So, how do I go to the next step? Oh, I just tap it. "Connecting your screen. 00:07:17.893 --> 00:07:21.970 "Make sure your phone or tablet is near your screen, so they can connect." Okay. - Look at that- - Ooh. 00:07:21.970 --> 00:07:25.145 It's doing it. Yeah, "Your screen is being registered 00:07:25.145 --> 00:07:28.821 to your Samsung account." What do we name our device? 00:07:28.821 --> 00:07:32.525 But I'm calling it the Monitor Mate, 'cause it's your mate. Right, mate? 00:07:32.525 --> 00:07:36.839 "Choose which a voice assistant you would like to help control your smart monitor." So, you can use... 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:40.184 I'll spell it like Linus does. So, you know actually activate any of your stuff at home. 00:07:40.184 --> 00:07:44.079 It's got big- - [Jono] Bixby - Dammit, Jono. It's got B-I-X-B-Y. 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:47.694 I forgot about the Y, A-L-E-X-A, I'll choose later option, 00:07:47.694 --> 00:07:51.512 so you can just choose later. I'm gonna go with BIXBY 'cause we're using... (beep) I just said the name. 00:07:51.512 --> 00:07:55.230 (panel laughing) - [Jono] Does it have "Hello (beeps)"? 00:07:55.230 --> 00:07:59.682 (panel laughing) - "After you finish setting up your smart monitor, 00:07:59.682 --> 00:08:03.043 (phone beeping) the settings you choose will be backed up 00:08:03.043 --> 00:08:07.563 to the Samsung Cloud." Okay, to identify an external device such as a cable box 00:08:07.563 --> 00:08:11.218 connect it to your smart monitor, and turn it on. That's cool, you can connect this thing to a cable box. 00:08:11.218 --> 00:08:14.542 I mean, it kinda makes sense. It's basically a smart TV in a monitor. 00:08:14.542 --> 00:08:18.743 Enjoy music on Spotify, so you can add apps and stuff to it if you want to like Spotify, 00:08:18.743 --> 00:08:23.196 I don't have Spotify, so sorry. (whispers) 696969, all done. 00:08:23.196 --> 00:08:27.221 - [Jono] Really? - "Enjoy your Samsung smart monitor." 00:08:27.221 --> 00:08:31.825 (bright upbeat music) "Enjoy your smartphone on your TV simply by tapping." 00:08:31.825 --> 00:08:35.543 Oh yeah, you tap it. I saw Linus do this in the other video. (phone tapping) 00:08:35.543 --> 00:08:39.660 (smart monitor beeping) - Oh, my God, it worked. - Okay, tap it. 00:08:39.660 --> 00:08:43.097 (phone tapping) That didn't do anything. Where did it go? 00:08:43.097 --> 00:08:47.755 Netflix. Hit the Netflix button. Hey, "We'll be right back after this break." 00:08:47.755 --> 00:08:51.194 What break? I don't want to go on a break. Like I said, it's a smart monitor, right? 00:08:51.194 --> 00:08:57.007 So, there's a bunch of stuff just built-in. You've got like Netflix, Disney Plus, Samsung TV. 00:08:57.007 --> 00:09:00.203 YouTube's already installed, Prime Video, Apple TV, Spotify. 00:09:00.203 --> 00:09:05.735 DAZN, Internet, Plex, (tape fast-forwarding) 00:09:05.735 --> 00:09:08.936 BritBox by BBC. Okay, that's it. I thought that list was gonna go way further. 00:09:08.936 --> 00:09:12.455 That's still a ton of apps, honestly. ♪ Check the web cam out ♪ 00:09:12.455 --> 00:09:15.674 Oh, cool. Here, what if we put it over this way? 00:09:15.674 --> 00:09:18.802 Oh, my God, you're seeing the secrets of our set design. 00:09:18.802 --> 00:09:22.829 That's pretty good. - [Jono] It actually kinda looks better than the Apple one. - You think so? 00:09:22.829 --> 00:09:27.472 - [Jono] I'm just really biased right now. - So, that's maxed up. 00:09:27.472 --> 00:09:32.619 (upbeat music) It's probably doesn't sound good for you guys, 00:09:32.619 --> 00:09:35.930 because it's going from here to a mic, and then to your own personal speakers, 00:09:35.930 --> 00:09:40.187 but like that's a lot of volume. For a little display like this, 00:09:40.187 --> 00:09:43.839 that's more than enough for your kitchen, or your office, or your bedroom, 00:09:43.839 --> 00:09:47.837 or honestly, even your living room. (upbeat music) 00:09:47.837 --> 00:09:51.359 There's like zero base, unfortunately. So, it's the one complaint. 00:09:51.359 --> 00:09:55.464 But honestly, like who cares? You're not not using this for a big music experience, right? 00:09:55.464 --> 00:09:59.315 You want it for news audio or like here's your TV show, 00:09:59.315 --> 00:10:03.197 or here's your cooking show that's on at the moment. You just wanna hear them clearly. 00:10:03.197 --> 00:10:07.256 And that's gonna do this for you every time. That looks pretty good if you ask me. 00:10:07.256 --> 00:10:11.644 it's HDR 10+ support, and that supports up to like 4,000 nits brightness. 00:10:11.644 --> 00:10:14.669 This doesn't do 4,000 knits brightness, it just has support for it. 00:10:14.669 --> 00:10:18.177 Even with our studio lights on, like it was nice and bright. We're turning stuff off now 00:10:18.177 --> 00:10:21.741 to kinda give a better representation of what your own living room or kitchen 00:10:21.741 --> 00:10:25.556 would actually look like. Obviously, it's not OLED, so the blacks aren't gonna be like as black 00:10:25.556 --> 00:10:31.415 as they could be. Yeah, it's got adaptive picture modes. If it gets too bright, like it senses light around you, 00:10:31.415 --> 00:10:36.501 and then it'll be like, "It's really dim. We can like dim the lighting as well." There's a Home button which will take you to home. 00:10:36.501 --> 00:10:40.569 There's no... Like I wanna see the settings. It's got a filmmaker mode? 00:10:40.569 --> 00:10:44.991 I can't guarantee how color accurate that is. I'm not testing it. But I guarantee you, if you're gonna watch 00:10:44.991 --> 00:10:51.328 any kind of movie on this thing, set it to Filmmaker Mode, it's almost definitely the most accurate preset on the TV. 00:10:51.328 --> 00:10:56.829 Please, don't use vivid. Picture Setup, brightness, contrast, sharpness, color, tint. 00:10:56.829 --> 00:11:00.590 Your Filmmaker Mode is gonna set all that stuff for you. It's actually nice how it doesn't lock it. 00:11:00.590 --> 00:11:04.316 Normally, a lot of filmmaker modes or IMAX, they'll lock all the other settings. 00:11:04.316 --> 00:11:09.231 They're like, "No, we're correct. You don't wanna touch this." But, I mean, sometimes you do, just a little bit. 00:11:09.231 --> 00:11:13.211 Standard Sound Mode. Ooh, Equalizer. Okay. So, you can send NiQ to this thing? 00:11:13.211 --> 00:11:17.453 That's actually really cool. What? Yeah, you can send NiQ, so that's actually great. 00:11:17.453 --> 00:11:21.390 Honestly, if you wanna listen to music on this thing, don't get me wrong, the bass isn't great and everything, 00:11:21.390 --> 00:11:25.198 but you totally could. That's actually super cool. You don't like these speakers? 00:11:25.198 --> 00:11:29.370 You want something better? You want something with bass? Boom, hook it up to your Bluetooth speakers, 00:11:29.370 --> 00:11:34.115 and you're good to go. I'm not the hugest fan of the Samsung smart TV UI stuff, 00:11:34.115 --> 00:11:39.398 but it's snappy and responsive. It's a lot faster than most smart TVs that I've used. 00:11:39.398 --> 00:11:43.264 Yeah, learned more about it from our Techquickie. What's the Techquickie on? You can do multi view too. 00:11:43.264 --> 00:11:47.614 Look at this? It's got two Windows. I can do like news here, but then boom, 00:11:47.614 --> 00:11:51.894 you wanna keep checking stuff out? It's like a TV, and you can even change the screen size. Ooh! 00:11:51.894 --> 00:11:55.896 - Woow - Wow. - Yeah, that's actually really cool. Listen to this sound from two screens though. 00:11:55.896 --> 00:11:59.315 Like that's pretty cool. So, you can turn audio off or on on one of them, 00:11:59.315 --> 00:12:03.957 and/or have them on both. It actually comes with Office 365. 00:12:03.957 --> 00:12:08.271 So, we're gonna plug in some peripherals. To connect your stuff, you just go to Connection Guide, 00:12:08.271 --> 00:12:11.589 and then there's a bunch of different input options. You go to input, we're gonna use a mouse. 00:12:11.589 --> 00:12:16.562 So, Input Device, go to... Not us USB mouses, but it's nice that these are all options. 00:12:16.562 --> 00:12:20.195 Really, makes it really handy to troubleshoot. Found it like right away. 00:12:20.195 --> 00:12:24.075 Pair and connect. Hey, that's super cool. 00:12:24.075 --> 00:12:29.135 Okay. So, the mouse is clearly working. Does this have like a built in keyboard though? 00:12:29.135 --> 00:12:33.439 That'd be really nice. Yeah. Okay, so I mean I could search like this. Can I use the mouse for this? 00:12:33.439 --> 00:12:37.267 I totally can. That is actually super easy. It's not gonna get one, 'cause it's a TKL. 00:12:37.267 --> 00:12:42.974 - It's built-in. - Heey. All right, so that took a little bit, but it worked. 00:12:42.974 --> 00:12:46.606 As you can see here, if you wanna use a Windows PC, or a Mac, or deck 00:12:46.606 --> 00:12:50.292 to just hook up through your phone or something, you can totally do that. We don't even need... 00:12:50.292 --> 00:12:53.383 You don't even need a computer. We've got a keyboard and an mouse hooked up to this thing. 00:12:53.383 --> 00:12:58.609 No problem. It does take a little bit of time to start up everything. 00:12:58.609 --> 00:13:02.276 You're not using a computer, you're using a smart monitor. You know, you're gonna click an app 00:13:02.276 --> 00:13:05.337 and it's gonna take a few seconds to load. But that did take that long, 00:13:05.337 --> 00:13:08.421 like that was totally fine. (typing) "Brown fox jumped" 00:13:08.421 --> 00:13:12.699 I mean, okay, this is really bad. (laughs) Not the monitor of my typing. 00:13:12.699 --> 00:13:17.057 That's pretty quick. It's not instantaneous, it is taking a second 00:13:17.057 --> 00:13:22.356 for like all my texts to come up on screen. But honestly, you could totally write out a document on this 00:13:22.356 --> 00:13:27.462 and/or work on it or something. I don't think it's that much worse than using like to remote into your PC 00:13:27.462 --> 00:13:32.442 or something like that, and then work remotely. (typing) "I like ShortCircuit." 00:13:32.442 --> 00:13:36.151 - [Jono] One word. - Two words. - No. 00:13:36.151 --> 00:13:40.352 - (laughs) There you got it, guys. This is the Samsung M8 Smart Monitor. 00:13:40.352 --> 00:13:43.685 It's 4K, 60, it's got super thin design. 00:13:44.683 --> 00:13:48.482 It looks pretty good, and it'll do just about whatever you want, 00:13:48.482 --> 00:13:54.496 unless you're trying to like game on this by itself. But even then, you gotta game and PC hook it up, it'll game. 00:13:54.496 --> 00:13:58.863 It's $730, which is pretty fair considering all the things you're getting for it. 00:13:58.863 --> 00:14:02.059 This was a lot of fun. I actually really like this thing. I probably wouldn't buy 00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:06.896 'cause I don't have a need for it personally. But if I had a bigger house or something, and I wanted like a hub computer 00:14:06.896 --> 00:14:10.217 that I can just search stuff from and whatever, 'cause I don't like tablets very much, 00:14:10.217 --> 00:14:13.572 this would be a great addition to like a living room or a kitchen. 00:14:13.572 --> 00:14:17.736 Thanks Samsung for sponsoring this video. And if you wanna check out any other Short Circuits, 00:14:17.736 --> 00:14:20.942 check out the G7. If you wanna look at a monitor 00:14:20.942 --> 00:14:26.007 that you could do a bit more gaming on instead of production and browsing the web.